Plant at fl. c. 5–20 cm. tall. Stem erect, slender, glandular-pubescent, us. densely. Green lvs 2, us. close together, the lower to 10–(15) cm. long, the upper us. shorter; linear-lanceolate to broadly ovate-oblong, often brown-blotched, clad, sts very sparsely, in long, glandular-tipped hairs which also us. fringe margin. Fl. held well above lvs; ovary glandular-pubescent. Per. to 2.5 cm. diam., white or pink. Sepals ± glandular-pubescent externally; dorsal much the widest, slightly arched over column; lateral linear-lanceolate. Petals slightly shorter. Labellum orbicular-obovate, with narrow base; calli yellow, in 2 median rows near base. Column-wings joined in front of base, narrow to level of stigma, there wider and extending upwards as small, often pointed lobes, one on each side of anther.
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